Portuguese man o’ war a menace in Marang


Stinging presence: Portuguese man o’ war littering Pantai Rhu Muda in Terengganu. — Bernama

MARANG: The public has been advised to be wary of the presence of hundreds of venomous Portuguese man o’ war, which washed ashore at Pantai Rhu Muda here.

The species superficially resembles a jellyfish, but is actually a siphonophore, an animal made up of a colony of organisms working together.

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